ALIEN

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~us, from alius Date: 14th century 1. belonging or relating to another person, place, or thing ; strange , relating, belonging, or owing allegiance to another country or government ; foreign , exotic 1, differing in nature or character typically to the point of incompatibility, see: extrinsic ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: 14th century a person of another family, race, or nation, a foreign-born resident who has not been naturalized and is still a subject or citizen of a foreign country, extraterrestrial , exotic 1, III. transitive verb Date: 14th century ~ate , estrange , to make over (as property)